manna

God provided manna for the Israelites in the wilderness to sustain them, it was the perfect food it was to help them to get through to the Promised Land. Jesus is the bread of life and he instructed the disciples to eat his body and drink his blood in rememberance of him. The bread and the wine to sustain them until the Holy Spirit came. He was to be a part of them, something they could see to represent his presince. The perfect food to keep the Israelites going and the perfect food to keep our spirits lifted till the day we see Jesus face to face.